Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place
Scientists say X (formerly Twitter) has lost its professional edge — and Bluesky is taking its place
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Just a moment...
Big surprise, Not. But this was all before the new discussions in the USA about censorship. On the other hand, most users are still using tweeter, so why should they leave now?
Any thoughts on this?
It HAD a professional edge? Okay, good to know. Maybe that's an american thing. And screw blowsky. It's the same shit, just a different asshole. I wouldn't trust this federation per se. They will manage to enshittify it sooner or later.
The study is tracking scientists leaving the platform.
My first thought was that you can’t lose something you never had, but the article doesn’t fit that idea. Apparently, some people once used it for tasks related to their profession. I guess that kind of use can give it a professional aura of sorts. Obviously, the rest of it is just one huge toxic dumpster fire, but some people are really trying to use it for something better.
Professionals don’t really get to choose their platform. They just use whatever happens to be the one that gets the job done of reaching the right people. If xitter no longer fits the description, professionals switch to the next thing.
Sure, there are circumstances that might totally force you onto those shitty platforms. But I would really hate it and try to prevent it as long as I could.
Guess when I would have to look for a job, I'd be screwed nowadays with LinkedIn. Which is even worse cancer....
Absolutly, bsky will beckmessert the new Twitter. With all the shit, but perhaps better covering the shut/censorship/bias pushing.
It’s just the 458 wave of people leaving Twitter. And some naive part within myself hooded, it’s the final.
And then there's me who never ever had an account there and surely will not at blowsky :-)